Case, Zaloga Contributing to Lehigh Valley Catz in ACBL
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Rising junior infielder Colin Case and sophomore-to-be Anthony Zaloga from the Moravian College baseball team have continued their strong play from the spring into the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League this summer with the Lehigh Valley Catz.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Rising junior infielder Colin Case and sophomore-to-be Anthony Zaloga from the Moravian College baseball team have continued their strong play from the spring into the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League this summer with the Lehigh Valley Catz.
Case and Zaloga helped the Greyhounds win the 2013 Landmark Conference title back in May and played in the NCAA Division III Auburn N.Y. Regional before heading to the wooden bat league for the summer. The Catz are currently 6-17 this summer with 14 games remaining on their schedule. (http://www.lvcatz.com/index.asp)
Case, who started 40 games at shortstop for Moravian this spring, is third on the Catz' roster with a .293 batting average through games of July 11th, and he is tied for fourth with 12 hits in 41 at-bats. Case has started 13 of the 14 games his has played in this summer with eight starts at shortstop, three at second base, one at third base and one as a designated hitter. He has added four RBI, four walks, three runs, two doubles and a triple for the Catz.
Zaloga has a 1-2 record this summer, and he is second on the Catz' roster with eight appearances. Zaloga has a 4.67 ERA over 17.1 innings that include one start, and he has allowed just nine walks and 12 hits to go with 11 strikeouts.
The duo continues a Moravian connection with the Lehigh Valley Catz over the last eight years. Brendan Close '12 and rising senior Robert Solano were on the Catz' pitching staff in 2011 while Chris Morrison '10 pitched for the Catz for three summers from 2007 through 2009. Josh Baltz '08 started 23 of 28 games he played for the Catz in the summer of 2006.
The Catz' next game is a doubleheader at the North Jersey Eagles on Saturday, July 13th in Ridgefield Park, N.J. The entire ACBL schedule and links to all of the teams can be found at http://www.acbl-online.com/Default.aspx.
